FORGET Frozen and park the Playstation... traditional toys are back with a bang this Christmas.

Excited youngsters are just as likely to wake up to Scalextric, a Rubik’s Cube or a xylophone, according to one Oxford play expert.

After the Toy Retailers Association released its top-12 list of Christmas “must-haves”, Rosie Marshall reported a resurgence of interest in wooden toys and perennial favourite Lego.

The manager of the toy department at Boswells in Broad Street said: “We have an incredibly strong Lego fan base who aren’t just children but AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego) – making us a destination for the latest must-have exclusive sets.”

Sales of the brain-numbing Rubik’s Cube are up 20 per cent on last year, according to Miss Marshall.

She says the clickety conundrum, which first took off in the 1980s, tends to be a favourite with students and the odd puzzle-solving dad.

My First Wooden Train Set, Xylophone, Cash Register and My First Scalextric Set are also selling well.

“Traditional products are very much a nostalgic purchase made by parents and grandparents who owned one themselves as a child,” said Miss Marshall.

Classic quiz board game Trivial Pursuit – which has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide since its launch in 1984 – will once again give charades a run for its money as the top family squabble starter.

Christmas-themed jigsaw puzzles are also popular.

Miss Marshall thinks Shopkins Assorted Collectibles and Pie Face – both on the official list from the Toy Retailers Association – will also do well in Oxford this year.

The official “dream toys” list is decided by an independent committee of retailers from all of the major UK toy shops.

The panel choose the final 12 by deciding what they personally like and don’t like, and use their retail experience to try to predict what will be popular that year.